On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 22:59 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > On Mon, September 12, 2005 10:24 pm, Frank Schafer said: > > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 21:55 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> On Mon, September 12, 2005 9:35 pm, Frank Schafer said: > >> > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 21:25 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > >> >> On Mon, September 12, 2005 8:02 pm, Frank Schafer said: > >> I have emerged (for example) the same version of mplayer with different > >> use flags until I got it how I wanted it, your system does not allow for > >> this. > >> > > > > See another of my posts in this thread. > > > >> >> > A simple ``ls'' then will show the logs in alphabetical order > >> making > >> >> it > >> >> > easier to find a single one. > >> >> > A ``ls -tr'' will show the logs in chronological order. To see in > >> >> which > >> >> > order the packages were built, rebuilt ..., how long did it take to > >> >> > build a package and so on. > >> >> > > >> > >> > >> genlop -t tells you how long the ebuild took. as in "genlop -t mplayer" > >> > > > > I decline to install a bunch of gen* tools which simply duplicate the > > functionality of UNIX commands (like ls in this case) ;p > > perhaps you ought to learn how to use grep or find. People write tools for > you, you are free to use them or futz around doing your own thing. >
I see you didn't read the whole thread. The only thing I had to learn (my own futz) is ``ls'' in this case. (see 7 lines above) > The system works well for many people. But this is linux, change portage > on your system to log differently and then submit a patch to bugzilla. Or > just > submit the idea to bugzilla. Don't forget to include a way to fix the 3 or > more years of log files in /var/log/portage. Don't forget to make out a > really good justification because otherwise the devs will think you are > just a moaner. There shouldn't be more logs than we have actually packages installed. The log for the installation of the version of (say) python I had installed 3 years ago isn't worth anything. (Me to say) A successful installation of a new version of a package can safely overwrite the old log because IMHO nobody needs the installation logs of not installed software. > > > > > >> Just think about this: every other log file in the system is ordered by > >> date & time :-) > > > > Right in the looking in the syslog I'm seeng events in the order they > > occured in one file. Here we have a couple of logs which I'd like to > > find quickly by name/time (due to the question I ask and UNIX has a tool > > for this already) which content is again chronological. > > > > what the hell are you trying to find? If it is the log for package foo, > simply find the file with "foo" in the name in /var/log/portage. > ... Which is much easier in an alphabetical ordered list. > >> > Xcuse me that I'm trying to involve. F. -- [email protected] mailing list
